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Literature request

By oracknows on August 11, 2006.

Here's a humble request of my readers. I'm looking for an article in a journal to which my university library does not offer online access. I'm interested in reading it, but not so interested that I'm wililng to pay the $40 to download it. If necessary, I can get it via interlibrary loan, but they'll just send me a poorly photocopied hard copy, possibly even a FAX. The article on evolution and cancer; so you can see why I might be interested. This is the article:

B. J. Crespi and Summers, K. Positive selection in the evolution of cancer. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. 81(3):407-24 (2006).

Would anyone have online access to this article, and be willing to e-mail me a PDF?

Many thanks in advance. Who knows? In addition to its perhaps giving me ideas for my research, I may even be able to turn some of the material into another post in my Medicine and Evolution series.

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Sorry. No luck here.

Orac, you can always email me directly with a paper request, if you need it. I have 24 hr access (even offsite) to just about everything.

Suggest going to the prof's Web page and e-mailing to ask for a PDF. I do it - perhaps I get more "courtesy" granted to me because I need studies for possible mention in my column, but if you ask nicely, I bet the prof or researcher would send it to you.

I'm interested in hearing the new Robbie Williams CD, but not so intrested that am not willing to pay $20 for it. Can someone please copy it and send it to me?

Did someone say "copyright"?

You'll usually find any paper online on one of the authors' website. And if not, as Amy says it's a good idea to email the corresponding author - they're usually just happy that someone is interested in their work.

Offtopic:

Orac, JFYI, this site: http://www.davidirving.8m.com/

which appears on your blogroll, is by "Gregory Douglas".

(Cf.

"... Karl Kolcheck,[34] ...

[...]

[34]This name is given as the author of an article about, which is almost identical with the one posted at www.gregorydouglas.com, but in this case, the author is G. Douglas."

( http://www.vho.org/GB/c/GR/StahlDouglas.html )

The article indeed appeared under a different title under Douglas' name at http://web.archive.org/web/20030603173203/http://peterstahl.com/douglas…